Week 12

So far my animation is coming along decently; here is a list of what I’ve done so far and percentage done:

Premise, Synopsis, treatment, and Script – 100% done

My scripts has gone through a lot of changes throughout this semester, at the beginning I have really struggle with the rules of the comic book world, I had to think about how the main character would move around the  comic, will he be able to jump across  panel?  How would I show that he was in a comic book work? And also how would the main character utilise the ‘tools’ in the comic book. The ending of the story was also a major problem of mine. It has gone through at least 3 or 4 changes.  At first the he would punch the sky and make his way out, but this wasn’t use because this would require too much animation and too much time, the second ending had him jumping on thought bubbles to reach the portal that he came out from, but I didn’t think that ended well, the third ending had him throwing the word ‘BAM’ that he created throwing it into a sky, which causes a rip that suck everything in, this also ending felt too cheap and unsatisfying. After a few discussions with one of my lecturer he came up with the final ending, and in my final ending it was simular to the third on how he uses the word ‘BAM’ to create a rip, but the rip doesn’t sucks everything in this time, instead the main character starts to thinks about himself, which creates a thought bubble with him inside of it, the thought bubble floats up into the rip allowing him to escape. 

Thumbnails- 100% done

My thumbnails had a few problems at first I didn’t have enough shots, but after discussing with my lecturers, I was able to fix it and finish it in my second and final draft, overall it was a smooth experience.

Storyboard - 85% done

My storyboards had a decent amount of problems so far, my first problem was learning to draw my characters in different position and I need more time to practice and draw it. The second problem I had was learning to draw the background, and also trying to figure out composition.

Model sheet – 95% done

The only problem I had so far with my model sheets is that when I draw, I will get a sore neck and back, and this delays me, because I have to go rest my neck and back, but luckily I’ve done this in a digital medium, which allows me to efficiently fix my artworks. I am also learning to digital paint my characters, which also takes time to do. I also have to consider the restriction of the 3d program I will be using and make sure I can model and sculpt them.

Layout- 50% done.

My layout had some simular problems to my model sheet.

Mood Board – 0%done

………… no comment.

Task Pipeline- 100 % done

No problems making a pipeline.

Animatic – 10% done

So far I have all my shots in psd format, I just need to put it in after effects and edit it, and also I got 20% of my sound.

Video Block – 40%

So far I’ve only filmed the parts I could act out, the problem is finding the right video reference for the shots I can’t film, also another problem is that my story has changed a lot, so I have re shot my shots and so on.

General Problems.

So far one of my major problems is poor time management skills.   It hard trying to find the balance between working, resting and having fun. Another problem of mine is the lack of passion for my animation, enough though I enjoy doing animation, I much prefer practicing drawing and trying to get  up to a decent standard.